Section 28:7-401 - Irregularities in issue of receipt or bill or conduct of issuerThe obligations imposed by this article on an issuer apply to a document of title even if:
(1) The document does not comply with the requirements of this article or of any other statute, rule, or regulation regarding its issuance, form, or content;(2) The issuer violated laws regulating the conduct of its business;(3) The goods covered by the document were owned by the bailee when the document was issued; or(4) The person issuing the document is not a warehouse but the document purports to be a warehouse receipt.Dec. 30, 1963, 77 Stat. 727, Pub. L. 88-243, § 1; Apr. 27, 2013, D.C. Law 19-299, § 9, 60 DCR 2634.